Daily News 2006/01/05

Asia-Pacific: 40% of the call centers planning to build framework for IP service

According to the latest research report by Frost & Sullivan, in the Asia-pacific region, about 40%of the call center managers are planning to invest in more advanced IP techniques.

Frost & Sullivan also says that over 80% of the interviewees said that the demand for multi-function call centers (voice, e-mails, IM, SM, and Web service) are growing.

The research shows that in the past a few years, the IP-based technology has been more stable and reliable, and reliability-related problems are no longer the major obstacles for the popularization of IP service in this region.

The research also shows that more and more users like to communicate with the call center through e-mails, especially in India, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand). 60% of the interviewees said that e-mail was the first choice, followed by Web platform and short message.

Colmar UIT adopting Alcatel's IP telephone solutions to train the students on voice-data integration network

Alcatel announced recently that Colmar University Institute of Technology (France) has chosen Alcatel's IP telephone solutions to serve as a base for training students in the field of VoIP. This training will bring much benefits to the students, since it provides a certificate of integrated network . Through the training, the students can find a job more easily in the field of enterprise network and telecom. Meanwhile, it will help the cooperation partners of Alcatel finding better employees.

Chengdu Railway-Helper Machinery cooperating with TurboCRM

Recently, Chengdu Railway-Helper Machinery Sales Company signed a contract with TurboCRM for the purchase and application of CRM system.

Railway-Helper attaches much importance to the professionalization, technical advancement, maturity of products, service quality and the overall capability of the software manufacturer. After a careful comparison and selection, it chose TurboCRM to build the information platform for sales management.